Voucher Program

Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program was enacted and launched in 2011 and is now one of America’s largest and fastest-growing school voucher programs. It is currently open to low- and middle-income families.

The voucher program is complicated. Please contact our principal, Jim Tush, for further and better explanations. (812) 926-1558

Student Funding

Students from families that qualified for the federal free and reduced-price lunch (FRL) program can receive a voucher worth up to 90 percent of the state per-student spending amount for the sending school district. Students from families earning 150 percent of that same threshold can receive a voucher worth up to 50 percent of the state funding allocation for the sending district. The maximum voucher size is $4,800 for students in grades K–8 and $4,500 for students in grades 9–12. Families can supplement vouchers with additional funds. Students eligible to receive special education funds are now eligible to use those funds for special education services at a voucher-accepting school.

Student Eligiblity

Children must be between ages five and 22 to participate. Eligible students include: (1) students who attended a public school (including a charter school) for the preceding two semesters and who are from families earning up to (but not exceeding) 150 percent of FRL ($67,433 for a family of four in 2016–17), (2) students with disabilities that have an Individualized Education Plan and who are from families earning up to (but not exceeding) 200 percent of FRL ($89,910 for a family of four in 2016–17), (3) students who attended or would attend a public school designated F and who are from families earning up to (but not exceeding) 150 percent of FRL, (4) students or siblings of students who previously received a voucher or a minimum of a $500 tax-credit scholarship from a scholarship-granting organization or (5) students who received a voucher in the previous school year under this program and are from families earning up to (but not exceeding) 200 percent of FRL.

The voucher program can seem complicated. Please contact our principal, Jim Tush (812) 926-1558 and we would be happy to explain it more clearly. Visit this WEBSITE (offsite) for more details about the voucher program and tax credits.